RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY

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• Release Year: 1962
• Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
• Plot: In this brilliant, moving film directed by Sam Peckinpah, (The Wild Bunch), cowboy icons Randolph Scott and Joel McCrae find roles to match their leathery western personas, playing aged lawmen hired to guard a gold shipmen. They don't have much: A horse each, a couple of dollars. And they have everything: Their independance. But the fronteir is disappearing - and so is space wide open enough for independant men.; ; With luck, the two will find space enough for this ride and one last payday. They will also find adventure, including the dramatic rescue of a mistreated bride (Mariette Hartley), gun blazing shootouts and a life threatining betrayal. Both an exciting Western and a heart lifting homage to the genre, Ride the High Country is a journey into film greatness.
• Cast: Warren Oates, Alice Allyn, Oscar Blank, Chet Brandenburg, Don Brodie, Chris Carter, Byron Foulger, Frank Hagney, Percy Helton, Victor Izay, Don Kennedy, Jack Kenny, Donald Kerr, Mina Martinez, Charles McQuary, Michael T. Mikler, Spec O'Donnell, Carmen Phillips, Myrna Ross, Wayne Tucker, Chalky Williams, Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Mariette Hartley, Ron Starr, Edgar Buchanan, R.G. Armstrong, Jenie Jackson, James Drury, L.Q. Jones, John Anderson, John Davis Chandler, Sam Peckinpah, N.B. Stone Jr., William Roberts, Richard E. Lyons, Lucien Ballard, Frank Santillo, George Bassman, Franklin Milton, Leroy Coleman, George W. Davis
• Director: Sam Peckinpah
• Runtime: 1:34
• Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Media Format: Movie